Fashion Photography

1. When is an image a Portrait? When is it a fashion photograph? Are the two the Same?

      These two shoots are not the same because a portrait where the person who is shooting the image is focusing on the persons face in the shot. For Example when they are taking the shot they apply loads make up and make the person in the shot look more appealing than they normally would. They would also style their hair to make them look better in the shot too, compared to the fashion photograph where the photographer is concentrating the persons outfit - the fashion! It is a fashion photograph when the person who shoots the shot focuses more on the clothes that they are wearing. For Example when they are taking the shot they do not pay as much attention to the looks of the model, instead they put them in clothes and maybe turn on a fan to make the clothes flare out and make the clothes stand out instead of the actual person modelling in the clothes.

2. To what degree should an image be manipulated to go into a fashion magazine?

  

      I think that they shouldn't manipulate an image that would be going into a fashion magazine. For Example if they product said it made you look as good as the person in the picture it would be merely impossible because when they take the picture they apply loads of make-up, adjust the lighting, style their hair which makes them pretty much fake. Once they finish all the makeover they take the picture and go into Photoshop and make their appearances better. For Example making their eyes stand out by giving them blue eyes and enlarging the eyes which will make the person in the shot stand out. They increase their neck length which is stereotypical to appear more attractive. Also making their head smaller is stereotypical to be more attractive as people with bigger heads stereo typically look unattractive.

3. Is there a clash between the creative and commercial side of fashion Photography?

      Yes there is a clash between creative and commercial side of fashion Photography. The clashes are when the creative side decide what clothes they will wear in the shoot and the commercial decide what they want to publish in their magazine because the commercial side are the ones who have the final say as they are publishing the shot. The commercial side won against fashion as they are the ones publish the shot. I agree because if i had my own magazine I would like to choose what is shown to the public and what isn't. The commercial and fashion photography can get to a point where the commercial side does not like any clothes that the fashion has picked therefore the fashion photography side of the magazine will have to restart again on picking clothes or fight really hard to change the commercials opinion on what clothes they should publish on their magazine.